December 2014
Ready for Mars? From Mars-500 to zero-gravity medical issues
... carefully studied both during and after their flights in zero gravity. Detailed biomedical research on board the International Space Station (ISS) during the last 10 years has revealed much about the behaviour of the human body in this strange...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
... experiment in cultivating pak choi cabbage and radishes was conducted in the Svet greenhouse on board the International Space Station (ISS). The productivity and speed of ontogenetic plant development (from the earliest stage to maturity) in this...
... ‘simple’ concept, but I’m going to repeat it too because I believe it is also a significant and powerful statement. The International Space Station (ISS). Since the year 2000 it has enabled people of many nationalities to live and work together ‘off...
December 2018
Asgardia at Escape Velocity 2018
... to the discussion on how science fiction continues to influence space exploration, from the Moon landings to the daily research aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The ISS has enabled an enormous amount of scientific research since the...